Spring-mattress.



PATENTED NOV. 6, 1906.

F. J. MAIER. SPRING MATTRESS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 22, 1965.

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Be a known that I, Fiianz J. ma, at an w n o ry, S a d Pennsylvania, have-invented a new'and use ful Spring-Mattress, of theiiollowing is a specification. 9 My invention consists of a spring-Inu t? tress having means for covering the gaps of terminals of the woven wire, preventing the exposure of cut. and raw ends'rjfjhe wire thereat and strengtheningsaidwerminals, as will be hereinafter set forth, said means consisting of sections of woven wire-which are connected with the terminalsof the mattress: and have their adjacent mesh joined or bound, so as to form practically a continuous surface from the mattress to the-rim "ohthe frame thereof. 1;

Figure 1 represents a perspective vjew of a spring-mattress embodying "my invention. Fig. 2 represents a top or plan view ofa pap tion thereof on an enlargedvscaletfg-Eig represents a longitudinal section,- she wing'fa terminal of the fabric or body ofthe mattresswith its out and raw edges remotedfrpmexe osure from theitop of saidfabi ric or bodyl ig. 4 represents a top view qf zt"pbrtieri in primary condition. Similar letters of reference indicat eico spending parts in the figures);

Referring to the drawin s,'A'designat es a bed-bottom or spring i'nfttrelss, .tl-e same" consisting of the topi frafneB, tli iottomframe C, and the interl'iikl'iate'springs'D, seen-- eral of which latter are omitted from the drawings for purpose of clearnesss The frame B is composed of the woven-wire member E, braces F, and the rim G, with which latter said member and braces are connected. The meshes of the member E terminate near the head and foot ends of the frame B, leaving objectionable gaps H between said ends of the frame and the member E. Again, owing to the manner ofweaving the meshes the ends of the wire are cut and raw, while being rre-".

also difficult of firm connection, all of which will be apparent on inspection of Fig. 4. Now in order to close said gaps and cover the cut and raw ends, as aforesaid, I employ sec tions J of wire mesh or woven wire and ap ly the same over the gaps H, the coils or meshes of said sections being at a right angle to those of the member E. Portions of said sections J overhang the end portions of the member Specification ,of Letters Patent. Afiplication'fiied June 22, 1905. Serial No. 266,412.

i which 1 63 1 altern ifie athrou h a- :efi'ects of which are evident.

the fabric or member RAQ ENT QFFICE.

' Patented. Nov. 6, 1906.

coils of e= sections J andmember. thus uniting':the sections with said memberpand rac'ticall- A forming a continuity ofthe su if fiq I aces oft e sections d memb er-A L ons are firrthermore'vco cted with t ead'and .footends of the ame B by'lt-l'ie wire coils L, whi \pass ;,throu h th Lend coils of the sectio and" around sai head-Q5 and foot/ends of the rirn G, ,ithus providing an "1 unbroken surface from head to foot of said ent that the gaps Hii'eframe, it being eui'd covered and the cutandratt ends of the of the member E are reir'ieve'd from said surface, while being practically unexposed, This-rem val of the said out and raw end of the coils o the fabric or member E, w an; posed, is due to the fact that the end portions of said members when they reach the sections J are continue under the latter at E, andintermeshe' therewith, 'whil'e rods K, which are reeved through the coils of? said sections J, rest onXtfhe apices of theccils of said sections J, so that the tension on the fabric or-member E an sections J will de-. press the cut and ra end memberE below the t fi l llfdiaiyline f the." membpryE, and so rem e them fro'm'said'tdfi surface-line and preven't them ,frbm nsing while the gaps H are closed, aridthe'termigf nals' of the fabric or member-E ares'ustained fr'om end to end of the matress.-,-"

- In Fig. 3-the cut and'raw'end portioh ($1 removed,

s been thus showing the condi ion ofithe' and adjacent portion of theffabric or member E'without said portion E.

y they are unexportions, 0 athe section J,

Various changes may be made in the de- 5 tails of construction shown without depart-" ing from the general spirit of my i and I do not, therefore, desire to be hmlted in each case to the same. 4

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a spring-mattress, a top member, com rising a rim and woven-wire portion the meshes of which terminate adjacent the ends of said rim,-. and a section covering the gap between said-woven wire and the rim' and forming a continuity of the surface of said member, the end portions of the woven-wire member being extended under said section and intermeshed therewith, said end portions being adapted to be depressed by tenrim, and means reeved alternately transversely through the coils of said Woven-Wire tance from the ends of the rim, a separate section extending from the rim to the ends of the said woven-wire member-with the ends of the latter continued under and intermeshed with the se arate section, and means passed through 00' s of said section and engaging the rim, and means reeved alternately transversely through the coils of said woven-wire member and section, the coils of the section being disposed at a right angle to those of the woven-wire member.

FRANZ J. MAIER.

member and section. Witnesses:

3. In a spring-mattress, a supporting-rim, JOHN A. WIEDERsHEm, a woven-Wire member terminating at a d1s- S. R. CARR. 

